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Lexicon :: Strong's H7031 - qal

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קַל
Transliteration
qal
Pronunciation
kal
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted from קָלַל (H7043)
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TWOT Reference: 2028a

Strong’s Definitions

קַל qal, kal; contracted from H7043; light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial):—light, swift(-ly).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H7031 in the following manner: swift (9x), swiftly (2x), swifter (1x), light (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H7031 in the following manner: swift (9x), swiftly (2x), swifter (1x), light (1x).

  1. swift, light, fleet

    1. swift

    2. one who is swift

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קַל qal, kal; contracted from H7043; light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial):—light, swift(-ly).
STRONGS H7031: Abbreviations
קַל adjective light, swift, fleet; — masculine singular ק׳ Amos 2:15 +, קָ֑ל Amos 2:14; feminine singular קַלָּה Jeremiah 2:23; plural קַלִּים Isaiah 18:2+; — קַל בְּרַגְלָיו light with his feet Amos 2:15; 2 Samuel 2:18; ק׳, alone, swift, messengers Isaiah 18:2, pursuers Lamentations 4:19 (מִן compare), camel Jeremiah 2:23, cloud Isaiah 19:1; of swift vanishing of wicked Job 24:18 (Bu קַלּוּ for קַל הוּא); as substantive Amos 2:14; Jeremiah 46:6; Ecclesiastes 9:11, = swift (horse) Isaiah 30:16; קַל as adverb, swiftly (+ מְהֵרָה) Isaiah 5:26; Joel 4:4 [Joel 3:4].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

2:18

Job

24:18

Ecclesiastes

9:11

Isaiah

5:26; 18:2; 18:2; 19:1; 30:16

Jeremiah

2:23; 2:23; 46:6

Lamentations

4:19

Joel

3:4

Amos

2:14; 2:14; 2:15; 2:15

H7031

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7031 matches the Hebrew קַל (qal),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 - The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel was as fleet-footed as a wild gazelle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:18 - “Yet they are foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one goes to the vineyards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:11 - I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:26 - He lifts up a banner for the distant nations, he whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Here they come, swiftly and speedily!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:2 - which sends envoys by sea in papyrus boats over the water. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people feared far and wide, an aggressive nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - A prophecy against Egypt: See, the LORD rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:16 - You said, ‘No, we will flee on horses.’ Therefore you will flee! You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’ Therefore your pursuers will be swift!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:23 - “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? See how you behaved in the valley; consider what you have done. You are a swift she-camel running here and there,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6 - “The swift cannot flee nor the strong escape. In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:19 - Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 3:4 - “Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon and all you regions of Philistia? Are you repaying me for something I have done? If you are paying me back, I will swiftly and speedily return on your own heads what you have done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:14 - The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, and the warrior will not save his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:15 - The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet-footed soldier will not get away, and the horseman will not save his life.
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